flinty (adj.) Old form(s): Flintie
hard, harsh, tough
2H6 II.iv.8[Gloucester to his men, of the Duchess] Uneath may she endure the flinty streets
KJ II.i.384[Bastard to King John and King Philip, of Angiers' walls] The flinty ribs of this contemptuous city
Oth I.iii.228[Othello to all, of custom] Hath made the flinty and steel couch of war / My thrice-driven bed of down
Tim IV.iii.487[Timon to Flavius, of Flavius' tears] thou art a woman and disclaimest / Flinty mankind
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